This is so true.
Inetd blows.
Reid Sutherland
Network Administrator
ISYS Technology Inc.
http://www.isys.ca
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-----Original Message-----
From: Petr Novotny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: checkpassword and pop
> But when he does kick off this 100 requests at one time qmail spawns
> a lot of pop3 processes and then after 30-50 has been executed pop3
> dies completely - why ? And what can I do to make the system able to
> handle this kind of (ab)use ?
I would think you run pop3 from inetd and when suddenly someone
starts 100 simultaneous connections, inetd freaks out and slams the
brakes. If I'm right, the solution is to kick inetd and use xinetd
or, preferably, tcpserver.
--
Petr Novotny, ANTEK CS
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.antek.cz
-- Don't you know there ain't no devil there's just God when he's drunk.
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